Authenticate Saint Laurent Loulou
A Y-quilted chain bag where the quilt has to meet the cassandre cleanly.
Paris
The Loulou's quilting is a Y-shaped pattern rather than a diamond, and it has to be aligned so the pattern reads consistently across the flap and the body. The cassandre plate sits on the flap and the quilting around it should be symmetrical on both sides of the logo.
The chain is heavy, part leather-threaded on some references, and it hangs rather than flaps. The chain's attachment hardware sits flush and turns freely.
Inside, the stamp reads SAINT LAURENT PARIS since the model belongs to the post-2012 era, with the serial impressed on the reverse of the tab.
What a Loulou does on the secondary market
Steady. The medium is the size the market asks for, and chain and quilt condition set the price.
An orientation for honest, unrestored condition — never an appraisal, and never a quotation.
Questions we are asked
- What quilting does a Loulou use?
- A Y-shaped pattern rather than a diamond, aligned so it reads consistently across the flap and the body and sits symmetrically on both sides of the cassandre plate.
- Should a Loulou's chain flap?
- No. The chain is heavy and hangs rather than flapping, and its attachment hardware sits flush and turns freely. A light chain is one of the fastest reads on a counterfeit.
Lovenhall BagRead the handbag itself
The checks tell you how it was made. The instrument tells you what it appears to be, and roughly what its kind fetches.